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MySpace Launches a Hulu for Music Videos

Today sees the launch of MySpace Music Videos, a searchable collection of music videos from all of its major and independent label partners.

With the wide array of players MySpace Music has in its pocket, the music videos archive could shape up to be a comprehensive and always-on music video library heretofore unseen — a sort of on-demand MTV for the Web 2.0 generation, or a Hulu for music videos but even better since videos don't expire.

There's also good news for artists and labels, who will benefit from a new Artist Dashboard product (screenshot below) providing detailed analytics surrounding their content hosted by MySpace. Free access to the beta Dashboard starts today, with various charts, graphs and data including 7 and 30 days trends, song plays, demographics, and even incorporates analytics from other sites via partner data from iLike integration.

And last but not least, MySpace has announced that users will be able to purchase and download music from both iTunes and Amazon MP3 directly through MySpace Music. It leaves us wondering what kind of cut the social network might be getting from those transactions.

It's several rather hefty announcements in a long string of big news today — what's your take on MySpace's bid to re-energize itself?

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